Why I Just Bought $1,000 Of Twitter Stockhttp://www.businessinsider.com/why-i-just-bought-1000-of-twitter-stock-2014-5/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:12:40 -0400Jim Edwardshttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/538fb138ecad048966d5d4c3DawidWed, 04 Jun 2014 19:52:24 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/538fb138ecad048966d5d4c3
That's cute! Invest in what is "stable", "safe", "sure bet"! Don't ever take any risks. Someone smart once said "everyone can see a genius but it takes a genius to see one still in a bud".http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537cca74eab8eace35dd357finvest guruWed, 21 May 2014 11:47:00 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537cca74eab8eace35dd357f
$1000 isn't really much money to talk about !http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537c80c4ecad047b5b57d111ajohnsonWed, 21 May 2014 06:32:36 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537c80c4ecad047b5b57d111
You thought the objective of this article was to brag about having a G to invest? I would hate to see the world through your eyes.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537c67b46bb3f7df1757d112Peter McBrideWed, 21 May 2014 04:45:40 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537c67b46bb3f7df1757d112
File under no news is good newshttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/537c23866bb3f78c281b7c1cjdpTue, 20 May 2014 23:54:46 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537c23866bb3f78c281b7c1c
Never thought I'd see a bigger tool on BI than Joe W. or that apple guy, but I've been proven wrong.
1,000 bucks man, well done.
When I go to your profile, I'm proven again that people that realistically are nothing, have to brag they are something.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537bfd3569bedd7d281b7c20Truffle PigTue, 20 May 2014 21:11:17 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537bfd3569bedd7d281b7c20
^^^ What he said.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537bc65269beddf6551b7c18Jim EdwardsTue, 20 May 2014 17:17:06 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537bc65269beddf6551b7c18
Thank you!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537bb846eab8ea2b64965fe1No Big DealTue, 20 May 2014 16:17:10 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537bb846eab8ea2b64965fe1
Actually, you are spot on with your concept of buying a few shares in a company in order to learn about it. For years, I've advocated personally that anyone interested in going to work for a company should buy 100 shares of stock in the company. You will learn so much by this exercise from reading press releases, study financials, products, etc. When I've suggested this to people I always get blank looks, from those with all education, income, and wealth levels. They don't get the fact that they can always liquidate the shares at any time. Not suggesting you purchase shares in a wildly speculative company of course, but you say wanted to go to work for GE or Disney or any other stable public company, I thng it is a smart thing to do.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537bac6269bedd356955d75dajohnsonTue, 20 May 2014 15:26:26 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537bac6269bedd356955d75d
Where do "rich" people get their aggregate view of what's going on in the world?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b9302eab8ea3c553b8105No Big DealTue, 20 May 2014 13:38:10 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b9302eab8ea3c553b8105
Well, he did give full disclosure and stated his position in the company. This is not Bloomberg or the Wall Street Journal.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b84086bb3f7cb6b6473d1freddy beeTue, 20 May 2014 12:34:16 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b84086bb3f7cb6b6473d1
Pretty awesome. a whole $1K. imagine if it doubles? After tax, you might be able to pay for a week's rent. #highrollerhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b7a58eab8ea19043b8100grenadetradeTue, 20 May 2014 11:52:56 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b7a58eab8ea19043b8100
It's principle, Jim. You as a "financial journalist" shouldn't be writing about a stock you bought. I don't care if it's $TWTR or a whole bunch of stocks, whether it's $1000 or $100, or whether you're gonna move the market or not. Just because you put a disclaimer on it doesn't justify you from writing about it.
If you did it on your own, on your blog, that's a different matter. It's probably not even an issue if you did this under Adweek. But if you're doing it under BI, which represents itself as business news (as far as i can tell), yeah, i have a problem with that.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b758f6bb3f701396473d1Jim EdwardsTue, 20 May 2014 11:32:31 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b758f6bb3f701396473d1
The idea that I'm going to move the market for TWTR is hilarious.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b74e1ecad0405168bae36shouldstayinfacebookTue, 20 May 2014 11:29:37 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b74e1ecad0405168bae36
Facebook has a near monopoly. Twitter does not. Invest in near monopolies, not high principles or trying to catch a falling knife.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b704d6bb3f726246473d4SavvyMoneyGalTue, 20 May 2014 11:10:05 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b704d6bb3f726246473d4
Tech-bubble Part 2.........POP!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b6fda69beddbb78384faeBeltway GregTue, 20 May 2014 11:08:10 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b6fda69beddbb78384fae
$1K? Baller.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b6e596bb3f72b1c6473d1grenadetradeTue, 20 May 2014 11:01:45 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b6e596bb3f72b1c6473d1
Doesn't matter if it's $1000 or $100,000. Financial journalists should report the news, not analyze or give financial views on stocks and other financial assets/instruments. If he wanted to do that, he can do all his heart desires as an analyst or an economist, or even as a proprietor/employee of a hedge fund or a wall street shop. Just don't claim to be a business journalist if you're gonna do it.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b6d6becad04d0758bae3edepressionTue, 20 May 2014 10:57:47 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b6d6becad04d0758bae3e
Twitters users are poor people , good luck squeezing sales out of that lot .http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b6ba46bb3f76a106473d7My Two Cents...Tue, 20 May 2014 10:50:12 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b6ba46bb3f76a106473d7
you wrote an entire piece about why you invested in TWTR yet you failed to even reference valuation (current and/or future)..your investment might be successful but you have fallen into the classic trap of not differentiating between your view of the company vs. your view of (the valuation) of the stock....http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b69d76bb3f722076473d7No Big DealTue, 20 May 2014 10:42:31 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b69d76bb3f722076473d7
Maybe, but approx. 25 shares for a $1,000 total investment is not what one would call a major player in the stock. It actually is a rather silly token amount.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b673ceab8ea5c333b8101grenadetradeTue, 20 May 2014 10:31:24 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/537b673ceab8ea5c333b8101
"Usually, journalists are forbidden from investing in the companies they write about because it might make them biased."
Hmm, i think it has to do more with the fact that you have the ability to talk about the stock thru a widely exposed/received medium, thereby affect how the stock performs. In this case, it can be argued that you're promoting $TWTR so that your investment in it can have positive return. Full disclosure or not, once it's out there, it's out there.
That's why journalists are forbidden to own any stock in many respectable business news outlets. But this is BI. Such standards don't exist. And no, $TWTR is not a good stock to own right now. And i can say that because i'm not a self respecting journalist.